Improvement in bosom-boards



UNITED STATEsPATENT ()FFIQE.

JEROME B. SWEE'ILAND, 0F PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOM-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,215, dated April 30, 1878 application filed January 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME B. SWEET- LAND, of the city of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Bosom-Boards; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a bosomboard, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

A represents an ordinary ironing-board, clamped by a clamp, O, to a table, E, and supported by a leg, D. At the inner end, ontop of the ironing-board A, are suitable projections, between which is pivoted or hinged a frame, H, provided at its outer or front end with a cleat, It, so that when said frame is let down on the board it will be in a horizontal position, or in a plane parallel with the board. Upon the outer end of the frame H is secured the bosom-board I, which is constructed, as shown in Fig. 2, so that its outer end will fit the neck of a shirt. To the inner end of the bosom-board I is hinged a cleat or cross-bar, J, the hinged edge of which is beveled, as shown.

When the shirt-bosom is put on the board I, the cleat or'door J is raised and the shirtflap slipped under the same, and held firmly by the thumb and forefinger. The cleat or door J is then closed down against the head of the frame H, and locked by a button, '5, thus stretching and holding the bosom tightly while ironing.

The entire bosom-board, with its frame, may be turned over on the table while the other ironing is being done; and if not required at all, the bosom-board may be detached altogether. For this purpose the frame H is pivoted between two ears, m m, on a plate or bar, L, and this bar simply fastened to the board A by one or more screws.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In combination with an ironing-board, the pivoted or hinged frame H, bosom-board I, hinged door or cleat J, and pivoted clampin g-button i, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of Decelnber, 1877.

JEROME B. SWEETLAND.

Witnesses:

JosEPH E. SAWYER, ROBERT HovENnEN. 

